Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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ق قأب قب


1. ⇒ قأب

قَأَبَ الطَّعَامَ, (Aṣ, Ṣ, O, Ḳ,) aor. ـَ {يَقْأَبُ}, inf. n. قَأْبٌ, (Ḳ,) He ate the food. (Aṣ, Ṣ, O, Ḳ.)

Root: قأب - Entry: 1. Signification: A2

And قَأَبَ المَآءَ He drank the water; as also قَئِبَهُ: (Ḳ:) or he drank all the water that was in the vessel. (Aṣ, Ṣ, O, Ḳ.)

Root: قأب - Entry: 1. Signification: A3

And قَئِبَ مِنَ الشَّرَابِ, aor. ـَ {يَقْأَبُ}, inf. n. قَأْبٌ and قَأَبٌ, (Ḳ, TA,) the latter thus (مُحَرَّكَة), agreeably with analogy, (TA, [but in the CK قَآب,]) He became filled with the beverage; (Lth, Ḳ;) as also قَأَبَ مِنْهُ: (Lth:) or he drank the beverage: (TA:) and, or simply قَئِبَ, like صَئِبَ, (Ṣ,) he drank much water. (Ṣ, TA.)


قَؤُوبٌ

قَؤُوبٌ: see مِقْأَبٌ.


اقَوْأَبٌ

إِنَآءٌ قَوْأَبٌ andقَوْأَبِىٌّ↓ A vessel that takes, or receives, much water: (O, Ḳ:) the latter epithet expl. by Lth as signifying taking, or receiving, much. (L.)


قَوْأَبِىٌّ

قَوْأَبِىٌّ: see what next precedes.


مِقْأَبٌ

مِقْأَبٌ (Ṣ, O, Ḳ) andقَؤُوبٌ↓ (Ḳ) One who drinks much water: (Ṣ, O:) or one who drinks much. (Ḳ.)


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